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В фокусе природа и биоразнообразие

Photo by UNEP

Базирующиеся на природных ресурсах решения предлагают наилучший способ достижения благополучия человека, борьбы с изменением климата и защиты всего живого на нашей планете. Тем не менее, природа находится в кризисе, поскольку мы теряем виды растений и животных в тысячу раз быстрее, чем в любое другое время в истории человечества, и одному миллиону видов уже грозит полное исчезновение.

В преддверии XV Конференции ООН по биоразнообразию (КС 15), которая состоится 7-19 декабря в Монреале (Канада), мы расскажем о последних новостях, поступающих из институтов в системе Организации Объединенных Наций, партнеров и других лиц, помогая привлечь внимание к тому факту, что будущее человечества зависит от наших действий здесь и сейчас.

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Access to finance for women proves life-changing for Kenya’s ‘mama karanga’

Women walking down a beach
Photo: UNEP/Habel Lenga

Women’s lack of access to capital is the focus of this year’s International Women’s Day, celebrated on 8 March. Addressing this issue is seen as essential for dealing with climate change and biodiversity loss, and achieving the Sustainable Development Goals.  

Read this story to find out how a UNEP-supported project aims to build sustainable coral reef fisheries by empowering women in marine area management.

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2030 Seagrass Breakthrough

This video by UN Climate Change High-Level Champion for the 28th Conference of the Parties (COP28) and International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) President H.E. Razan Al Mubarak on World Seagrass Day highlights the 2030 Seagrass Breakthrough, an initiative announced at UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) COP28 that aims to establish a collective framework of action for seagrass conservation worldwide, aligning with global agendas. 

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Colombia unveils COP16 logo to the world and sends a message of 'Peace with Nature'

 

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Financing Nature-based Solutions for a better future

 

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New global initiative to protect and connect natural areas

Herd of elephants

Natural habitat destruction, degradation, and fragmentation are two of the most serious hazards to migratory wild animal species. A major new programme launched at the UN wildlife summit in Samarkand, Uzbekistan, aims to ensure that places important to migratory species are identified, protected, and connected. The Global Partnership on Ecological Connectivity (GPEC) was announced on the margins of the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties (COP14) to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS).

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Is the world making good on a landmark pact to protect nature?

Arctic fox with sea behind
Photo: UNEP/Stephanie Foote

The Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework consists of global targets to be achieved by 2030 and beyond to safeguard and sustainably use biodiversity. Ahead of the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), read this Q&A to discover the importance of the framework and whether countries are positioned to deliver on its promise. 

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Nature is staging a comeback: UN recognizes seven World Restoration Flagships

Collage of 2024 World Restoration Flagships
Photo: UNEP

The UN Environment Programme (UNEP) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) have named seven initiatives from Africa, Latin America, the Mediterranean, and South Asia as UN World Restoration Flagships. These initiatives include ecosystems at the tipping point of outright degradation resulting from wildfires, drought, deforestation, and pollution. They are now eligible for technical and financial UN support.

The World Restoration Flagships awards are part of the UN Decade on Ecosystem Restoration – led by UNEP and FAO – which aims to prevent, halt, and reverse the degradation of ecosystems on every continent and in every ocean. 

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Migratory species know no borders; nor should conservation efforts

UNEP Executive Director Inger Andersen delivers a speech
Photo: UNEP/Duncan Moore

"Migratory species tell us how nature is doing. How our planet is doing. Tell us about the challenges that humanity creates for these migratory beings. Challenges of pollution, challenges of climate change, challenges of fragmentation of landscapes, challenges of walls and barriers, challenges of plastic debris, challenges of human activity on the ocean floor, challenges of ocean traffic and so much more." - Inger Andersen, UNEP Executive Director.

Read the full speech delivered at the opening ceremony of the 14th Meeting of the Conference of the Parties to the Convention on the Conservation of Migratory Species of Wild Animals (CMS COP14).

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Landmark UN report: The world’s migratory species of animals are in decline, and the global extinction risk is increasing

Birds flying in the air
Photo: Pixabay/Kranich17

The first-ever State of the World’s Migratory Species report reveals shocking figures of declining species populations. The report investigates the conservation status and population trends of migratory animals and highlights the latest information on their main threats and successful interventions to save them.

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UN Environment Assembly to take on climate change, nature loss, pollution

Delegates will gather for the sixth session of the United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA-6), the world’s top decision-making body on the environment from 26 February to 1 March 2024 in Nairobi, Kenya.

The assembly brings together 193 Member States, intergovernmental organizations, the broader UN system, civil society groups, the scientific community and the private sector to shape global environmental policy.

Delegates are expected to discuss how multilateralism can help tackle the triple planetary crisis of climate changenature and biodiversity loss, and pollution and waste.